Coming Home
Still working away at my proposal… However, I can see the light. I’m looking forward to wrapping this semester up…
Fridge Poems to Ponder
I’ve been plugging away on my proposal – so most of my writing juice – in fact most of my…
Free Citi Bikes on the Upper West Side!
Citi Bikes on the Upper West Side! If it was going to happen anywhere it would be here. Riverside has always…
Joining the Modern Era: Reflections on a Week in the Smartphone World
I decided to join the modern era and buy a smartphone. Once I started looking I was overwhelmed with the…
Banana Spiders in My NY Kitchen!
It was a moment so serendipitous that it seemed out of fiction – Jumanji perhaps. I was busy procrastinating this…
What’s the Opposite of a Smartphone? 5 Reasons to Stay Stupid
What’s the opposite of a smartphone? My Nokia C2 -1.05, though it does boast a 3.2 mp camera with video…
What do Citi Bike and the NFL have in common?
In Color Me Blue Ephron makes humorous, poignant and cutting observations about how Citi Bank did quite well for themselves…
The Week of the Bike and Biking Across the Hudson
The week of the bike began with with Manfrank and Michael riding up the Hudson from 59th to Van Cortlandt Park…
Quick Thoughts on Manning’s NY Times Draft
What a repertoire of lively words Manning presents in her NY times draft, opening with: “A ‘slumgullion‘ is a stew of…
5 Pros & Woes from a First Time Citi Bike Ride
Like many of my New Yorker friends I let the summer slide by without taking a ride on a Citi…
Words from Writing Restructures Consciousness by Walter J Ong
I’m writing a piece of my dissertation proposal where I theoretically explain how writing leads to cognitive and emotional development,…
To rinse or not to rinse; a reply to Brody’s ‘keeping food-borne illnesses at bay’
repost from nytimes: In her recent post Brody shares some solid guidelines for keeping food-borne illnesses at bay. However, I…
